How to upgrade changes made from one sugarcrm software ffrom one PC to another?

[meera2210]

Hello all,
I have installed bitrock sugarcrm 4,50d on my pc. I have made some changes in some of the modules. The problem is how can I transfer this changes to another pc (suppose in another company's pc). Need I use a patch file ? I am very confused.

Please help. Thanx in advance


Regards ,
Meera

[mycrmspacegunnar]

Hi,

changes that you do in a Sugar install are saved in the filesystem.
A bit simplified the Sugar folder holds five basic types of files:

a) PHP executables
b) PHP files that contain definitions in form of arrays of variables
The language files fall into this categpry too.
c) HTML layout templates
d) images, stylesheets (themes) that are part of the sugar look and feel
e) documents, attachments and all other stuff that you upload.


The files of type b) and c) will be changed by the studio editor when you
configure the layout of a module or change the values of a dropdown.
By changing some modules you can quickly alter a dozends of files.

If you add custom fields, then the custom field definition will be stored into the database
but the label definition will be written in PHP files containing the variables/languages.

If you want to run this exact Sugar install on another machine the bets way is
to copy the whole Sugar folder to the other machine. If you go to the admin panel
of your Sugar install you will see right, top most button called "backup".
You can use this to create a zip containing all your sugar files.
And don't forget to copy your database as well.


Cheers
Gunnar